DISQUS

Marco · 1 year ago

I don't think the role new social media applications are playing in removing barriers to communication can be stressed enough. i don't know that any one particular social networking app is going to have a dramatic impact but I am confident that the impact and ultimate goal they all share will.

colinwalker · 1 year ago

Yes, the concept of social media (rather than any given service) will have a big impact but just SAYING it will is going to achieve nothing. It is the steps we take to increase adoption and influence that will determine the way forward.

Julian Baldwin · 1 year ago

Scabr · 1 year ago

My main social aim - self-expression

Sally · 1 year ago

"Still, just talking about the future doesn’t make it happen so saying that social media will be more prevalent in 2,5 or 10 years and change the way we live and communicate isn’t enough - we need to start working out how we are going to reach that point."

And WHY that will be the case, not everyone wants to rely on SM for communication now, 2.5 or even 10 years down the road. Some people actually 'like' doing it the old fashioned way.

I understand that SM helps networking and in some cases reuniting, I use it myself for that reason, but if it ever becomes equal to or is used more than traditional communication I think that will be a very sad point in time.

colinwalker · 1 year ago

I agree, which is why I say that we should use SM to enhance existing relationships and create new ones which we can take in to real life for proper face to face interaction. SM will,hopefully, just make it easier for us to connect in the first instance and keep in touch when we cannot get together in person.

Sally · 1 year ago

Yes and I do get that, however, where is all the mystery and romance in meeting people, say just by bumping into them in a shop, or seeing them in a cafe etc?

Let's take how we met for an instance. Would I have seen your blog and got butterflies in my tummy? Nope! But I did when I saw you the very first time in a very random situation, in the real world.

ryanbrymer · 1 year ago

Colin,
Thanks for the reference. I too have seen the value of TV lately as I've watched 3 seasons of LOST in the last month and have developed more conversations with the guys I spend time with because of it. This is the funny thing - I can post a status update related to what I'm watching and get a number of real life responses because of it.
I think that TV is great because it is one of the few universal common grounds (whereas the market infiltration of all our other social media toys is >1%)
I still believe, however, that it comes down to why you are using it. I'll leverage whatever I can to grow my relationships because more and more I'm realizing that life is better with people.

Rajeev Edmonds · 1 year ago

To some extent, social media does appear like a regular way to keep in touch. A new Twitter user often wonders, " what to do after creating account?" . Facebook takes ages to download on slow broadband connection. Plurk is giving such a confusing interface. But they all have mashed up well with each other, and create channels to promote and market your online presence.

Neon Pro Powerballs · 1 year ago

Colin, you are doing really a great job, all your articles are so good and well written. Cheers.

Website Design Midlands · 1 year ago

Hmm..very thought-provoking and the article is very well written as well. thanks Collins..

Cheap Flights to Mallorca · 1 year ago

That was a good one Colin, looking at the big picture social networking has really helped in diminishing personal contacts and meetings with close one's, because its so easy to get all the news and have online conversations.

Fling,com · 1 year ago

Social media influence each and every people . Very good points have been highlighted and veru insightful article.